Ahmadiyyas Throughout The World Find India More Safer Than Any Other Country In The World

Recently, 6,000 Ahmadiyyas from an estimated population of 20 lakh in Pakistan, made a pilgrimage to Qadian in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district. Hazrat Mirza Ghulum Ahmad, the founder of their sect, was born and lies buried in Gurdaspur.

Ahmadiyyas are the most persecuted community in Pakistan. Even the greeting “assalamu alaikum” (peace be upon you) could throw them in jail for three years in Pakistan.

Referring to the recent killings of Ahmadiyyas in Bangladesh, he asked the community not to let its guard down “even for a moment”.

Maulana Giani Tanveer Ahmed Khadim Sahib, an Ahmadiyya preacher, answered this question: what if your nation persecutes you to a point that it becomes unbearable? “Leave the country and go to a place that allows you to follow your religion in peace.”

Rakesh Sharma, an office-bearer of Amritsar’s Durgaini Temple Parbandhak Committee, could not hide his amazement at the gathering. “This is the first time that I am seeing this face of the Muslim community. It should be widely advertised.”

He also said that before announcing that he would be happy to receive all delegates at the temple.

Shiraz Ahmed, the community’s secretary of education, who moved to Qadian from Chennai 10 years ago, told The Indian Express: “Something like the Islamic State or any other terrorist group will be repulsive to Ahmadiyya Muslim.

He said that they just won’t be attracted to that kind of ideology. They focus on the education of their children and setting targets for joining public service, such as IAS and IFS, the military or academia.